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Double click xlsname in explorer doesn't work.

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Lew Schwartz - 10 Oct 2006 22:06 GMT
My recent foray into automating excel via its com interface went fine as far
as the program is concerned. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way I've
messed up its ability to function interactively from my desktop. In
particular, when I double click on a xls file in Windows explorer, excel
starts up with the message "Windows cannot find "+ the name of the xls in
question or a similar dialog with a "Microsoft Excel" caption which reads
"<xyz> could not be found. Check... ", where xyz is a garbled form of the
name of the directory in which the xls in question resides. I can eventually
open the files in question via File->Open, but I'd like to get everything
back to the way it was.
TIA
-Lew
Gord Dibben - 10 Oct 2006 22:27 GMT
Lew

Try the usual fix(es) for this problem.

Tools>Options>General  uncheck "Ignore other Applications"
Exit Excel and try again

If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) Start>Run "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)>OK.
2) Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.
See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.
In that case Start>Run "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.

Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP

>My recent foray into automating excel via its com interface went fine as far
>as the program is concerned. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way I've
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>TIA
>-Lew

Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP
Lew Schwartz - 11 Oct 2006 14:33 GMT
Thanks, Gord. Reregistering worked.
> Lew
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> Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP

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